Tsoffin ma'aikatan ma'adinai ne waɗanda, a lokacin Mulkin Mallaka, suka yi abincin asali na 'yan asalin ƙasar, masara, ginshiƙan abincin Zacatecan na yanzu. Ji dadin shi!
Mazaunan Zacatecas na farko sun ciyar da abinci musamman kan 'ya'yan itace da tushensu da naman dabbobin da suke farauta. Daga baya masu binciken Sifen suka zo neman zinariya da azurfa, ma'adanai da suka samo adadi mai yawa, don haka suka yanke shawarar gano adadi mai yawa na hakar ma'adinai, gami da na Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Zacatecas a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1548. A Tun daga wannan lokacin Zacatecas ta kasance mafi yawancin ma'adinai, ma'ana, mutane masu wahala da aiki tuƙuru, waɗanda ke yin masara, barkono, tumatir, wake, quelites, turkeys, atoles da wani lokacin tamales, babban abinci.
Saboda yanayin yankin da kuma ci gaban aikin hakar ma'adinai, babu wani abu mai yawa da za a iya nomawa, don haka Zacatecas ta zama muhimmiyar cibiyar kasuwanci tare da sauran larduna. A can, an sayar da gishiri, sukari, aladu, raguna, shanu, garin alkama, kayan kamshi, busasshen kifi, kayan lambu, kaji, shinkafa, da sauransu, kuma wurin ya zama wani mataki na tilas ga fatake, don haka masaukai ma sun yawaita, inda ake amfani da kayan abinci da jita-jita waɗanda suka riga sun haɗa abubuwan yanki tare da sabbin abubuwan da aka kawo daga Worldasar Duniya, kamar su picadillo empanadas, quesadillas, cushe chiles ko abinci mai daɗi da bututu; Don shan ruwan sha, iri-iri, kuma, tabbas, an samar da juzu'i daga yankin.
A cikin 1864 Faransawa suka ɗauki Zacatecas suka zauna a can shekara biyu, suna ɗaukar al'adun abincinsu tare da su; Don haka, maharan sun gabatar da abinci na cikin gida wanda aka yi da man shanu da man shafawa, almond, prunes, ruwan inabi masu ƙarfi, kwakwa, kwaya Pine, a nannade da 'ya'yan itacen da aka rufe, waina da cakulan madara.
A zamanin Porfirio Díaz, tattalin arzikin jihar ya farfado kuma an sake kiwon garken shanu, tare da bayyana akan teburin Zacatecan naman da aka dafa ta hanyoyi daban-daban, amma musamman gasa a kan gawayi ko kuma a kan wuta. Daga baya, yayin juyin juya halin, an haifi kitsen mai da barkono da barkono da wake, abincin da “adelitas” suka shirya cikin kulawa da mazajensu.
Dingara duk abubuwan da ke sama, dangin Zacatecan na yau suna adanawa a cikin ɗakunan girki masu ban sha'awa da tsofaffin littattafan girke-girke waɗanda aka yi da ƙauna mai yawa, wanda kowace rana suna cire jita-jita na sarauta waɗanda suke rabawa ga abokai da baƙi.
